EP0357152A1 - Dispositif mobile pour le traitement de plantes telles que les produits de récolte et les arbres fruitiers - Google Patents

Dispositif mobile pour le traitement de plantes telles que les produits de récolte et les arbres fruitiers Download PDF

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EP0357152A1
EP0357152A1 EP89202215A EP89202215A EP0357152A1 EP 0357152 A1 EP0357152 A1 EP 0357152A1 EP 89202215 A EP89202215 A EP 89202215A EP 89202215 A EP89202215 A EP 89202215A EP 0357152 A1 EP0357152 A1 EP 0357152A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M7/00—Special adaptations or arrangements of liquid-spraying apparatus for purposes covered by this subclass
    • A01M7/0082—Undercarriages, frames, mountings, couplings, tanks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D46/00—Picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the like; Devices for shaking trees or shrubs
    • A01D46/24—Devices for picking apples or like fruit
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M7/00—Special adaptations or arrangements of liquid-spraying apparatus for purposes covered by this subclass
    • A01M7/0089—Regulating or controlling systems

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  • the invention relates to a mobile device for treating plants such as crops and fruit trees in the field, for example for spray­ing or picking fruit, which has a carrier device for the treatment means, with wheels at the bottom of each side so that it can run therewith over the plants with one or more rows thereof, between these sides, in which at least some of the wheels can be swivelled mechanically.
  • Such a device is known from French patent application 2,420,294, intended for treating low plants. Swivelling of driven wheels is controlled by the operator, both during moving the device over the plants and during moving from one row or group of rows of plants to a next row or group thereof.
  • the invention aims at improving such devices so that they are guided accurately over the plants. This is particularly a problem for high plants, such as shrubs or trees, which have to be treated, e.g. sprayed, by a device which has little freedom of sideways movements, perpendicular to the direction of travel of the device, e.g. in that already small sideways movements will easily give damge to the device or the plants and/or that an eccentric position of the device over and with respect to the plants will give a considerable difference in effect or efficiency of the treatment, e.g. the spraying, on the plants, e.g. in that the spraying elements on one side will be too far from the plants and at the other side will be too close to them.
  • a device which has little freedom of sideways movements, perpendicular to the direction of travel of the device, e.g. in that already small sideways movements will easily give damge to the device or the plants and/or that an eccentric position of the device over and with respect to the plants will give a considerable difference in effect or efficiency of
  • a device characterized in that the swivelling means of at least one wheel are operated by a feeler which detects the position of a row of plants, such as the trunks of trees or shrubs, and can swivel at least said one wheel through a slight angle in such a way that said device maintains the correct sideways position with respect to said row of plants during travelling, with a setting facility for said one or more wheels which can be swivelled by the feeler, said setting facility holding said one or more wheels, in their position in which the feeler does not detect a plant, directed in such a way that the device moves at a small angle with respect to the general lengtwise direction of movement so that it moves the feeler towards plants to be treated.
  • the system according to the invention makes it possible to apply one feeler for keeping the device accurately in line with the row notwithstanding the fact that the plants, e.g. the trunks of fruit trees, are positioned at mutual distances in the row, so that it is difficult to maintain the correct direction of movement of the device if it has its own drive and is not pulled in the correct direction by a winch at the end, e.g. on a tractor.
  • the invention moreover relates to a particular embodiment of the given principle for such devices adapted to move in opposite directions during the treatment of plants.
  • the invention may be applied in devices for the treatment of plants of different kinds, but is first of all intended for use in devices for treating plants which do not form a continuous row with a substantially continuous upstanding side surface of the row, and which have parts suited for cooperation with a feeler, e.g. for contact therewith or by reflection of waves by such plant parts.
  • a feeler e.g. for contact therewith or by reflection of waves by such plant parts.
  • the invention may well be applied with a feeler making only very slight contact with parts of the plants but transmitting this contact e.g. into an electric signal in that the feeler operates a microswitch and needs very little force to be operated.
  • the microswitch will then operate the wheel swivelling means in a manner easily devisable by the expert.
  • the feeler may also be constituted by wave emitting and receiving means without mechanical contact, as given as known as such above. All this without deviating from the principle of the invention that the device is moved by the feeler sideways so that the feeler moves towards the plants from one side and then, in sensing a plant, swivels a wheel of the device in the opposite direction etc.
  • the device shown has a rigid gantry structure 1, which is capable of reaching over a row of trees or shrubs. It has near the bottom end of one of the legs on arms 2 at front and back a wheel 3, 4 with only schematically indicated drive means 5, 6 and a drive unit 7 with drive shaft (not shown) to permit driving of both wheels 3 and 4.
  • Each wheel 3, 4 is supported in a fork 8 which with a vertical shaft engages in a bearing 9 on the arms 2 and by means 10 can be swivelled through at least somewhat more than 90°.
  • the drive unit 7 is located on the arms 2 on one side of the gantry.
  • the arms 2 on the other side carry means for the treatment of the trees or shrubs, in this case intended as a spraying device, comprising a stock tank 11 for the spray liquid.
  • Two piano wheels 17, which can be swivelled freely and are not driven, are located on the bottom of the opposite leg of the gantry 1 on arms 16. There may be two small wheels between the wheels 17, having hydraulic cylinders such as the cylinders 12 at the other side to push them down and to lift wheels 17.
  • the means for treatment of the trees or shrubs 18 can be very different, depending on the type of treatment.
  • a tubular part 19, 20 can be disposed on each leg of the gantry 1, containing spray nozzles directed towards the trees or shrubs 18, and the gantry having disposed therein a tent-like casing 21 to prevent spreading of spray product, e.g. by the wind.
  • the parts 19 and 20 can be connected to the gantry so that they are rotatable about vertical axes, as shown at 22 in Fig. 2, in order, e.g. when spraying backwards at an angle towards the trees or shrubs, to swivel these parts so that the spraying direction remains the same irrespective of the direction of travel of the device along the trees.
  • the gantry 1 can not only be lower, but also if desired much wider, in order to treat a number of rows or a fairly broad strip of plants simultaneously.
  • the treatment means for example spray nozzles, can then be fitted also or solely on the approximately horizontal crossbar(s) of the gantry, apart from or instead of on the upright legs thereof, which are connected to the wheels.
  • the casing 21 is shown cut away at centre bottom in Fig. 1, in order to show the swivelling wheels 17 and their supports 16 etc. well.
  • This device can operate as follows.
  • the device travels with the gantry 1 reaching over the trees or shrubs 18 of a row, as shown in Fig. 2, for the treatment, for example spraying thereof, with the wheels 3 and 4 being driven.
  • the wheels 3 and 4 are swivelled through 90°, and the device is moved to a position in front of the next row.
  • the correct positioning can take place through the device being stopped, for example automatically or manually when an indication is obtained that said next row has been reached, for example by focusing with the eye or with observation means on the device on the trunk of a first tree in said row, or on a post such as 23 which is positioned in front of said first tree.
  • Such a post or trunk of the first tree of a row can also work in concert with the device in such a way that the latter automatically starts a treatment when it is moved into a row, while a signal goes out from a post 23 at the other end of the row to end this treatment.
  • Such signals may also be used to start and stop movement of the device into and out of a row.
  • the cylinders 12 can first be operated to raise the wheels 3 and 4 through pressing plate 14 or rams 15 or wheels on cylinders 12 on the ground, so that said wheels can be swivelled without contact with the ground. This swivelling could therefore take place manually, with suitable locking mechanisms in order to fix positions relative to each other at an angle of 90°.
  • the piano wheels 17 swivel directly also when the device begins to move after swivelling of the wheels 3 and 4. Since in the example shown the leg of gantry 1 with the wheels 3 and 4, due to those (heavier) wheels, the drive mechanism and the treatment means such as stock tank 11, presses much more heavily on the ground than the leg with the swivelling wheels 17, the latter require no pressure release during swivelling, but, as stated, may also be lifted by pushing down transverse wheels between them. If desired, the pressure on the swivelling wheels 17 can be further reduced by, for example, positioning the drive unit 7 and the stock tank 11 or similar parts with their centre of gravity somewhat further to the left in Fig. 2 than centrally above the longitudinal central plane of the wheels 3 and 4, as shown schematically by dashed line 11′, 7′ for stock tank 11 and drive unit 7 respectively on the left in Fig. 2.
  • the wheels 3 and 4 are swivelled again through 90°, so that the device can now travel over the trees or shrubs of the next row.
  • These wheels are swung back to the position in the previous row, or are swung further to positions at an angle of 180° relative to those positions in the previous row. In the first case the wheels 3 and 4 must be drivable in opposite directions, while in the second case this is not necessary.
  • the treatment means such as the parts 19 and 20 can be swivelled as stated in order, for example during spraying, to take up the same angular position relative to the direction of travel and to the trees or shrubs.
  • the device can be moved unmanned through the rows.
  • the means according to the invention for ensuring that the device always remains in the correct transverse position relative to the row will now be described with reference to Fig. 3.
  • a feeler 26 for example in the form of a free-rotating cycle wheel with vertical axis, is located both on the front and on the rear side of the device, fixed on a lever 27 hingedly supported at 28 in the device.
  • a spring 29 pulls said feelers to the right in Fig. 3, to a position which is e.g. determined by a stop (not shown).
  • the fixed parts of the device have a platform 30 on which two cylinders 31 and 32 e.g. hydraulic cylinders or other linear motors, are disposed.
  • a swivelling arm 33 is disposed on the bearing fork 8 of each wheel 3, 4, said arm being pulled in one direction by a spring 34 and is limited in movement in that direction by a fixed, but adjustable stop 35.
  • a row of trunks 36 of the trees to be treated is shown in the figure.
  • the swivel arm 33 with the other parts 26 to 35 of Fig. 3 can be positioned below the casing 21 and below the branches and foliage of the trees to be treated.
  • This device works as follows: When the device travels in a particular direction, the piston rod of cylinder 31 at the then hindmost wheel 3 or 4 is extended to a specific, adjustable degree until it is against the swivel arm 33, in which case spring 34 retains said arm in contact therewith, as a result of which the wheel in question (wheel 4 in Fig. 3) is held as truly as possible in the position parallel to the row of trees. Cylinder 32 for wheel 4 remains non-energized, and the cycle wheel 26 of wheel 4 is shut off from the energizing system of the cylinders 31 and 32, so that it does not have any influence on them, not even if it touches a trunk 36.
  • piston rod of cylinder 31 of wheel 3 When switching from one direction of movement of the device to the opposite direction, in which wheel 4 becomes the front wheel, piston rod of cylinder 31 of wheel 3 is extended to the position shown in Fig. 3 for wheel 4 and piston rod of cylinder 31 for wheel 4 is retracted, as shown in Fig. 3 for wheel 3.
  • Treating plants as indicated in this specification may also mean treating the soil near their roots, e.g. for cultivating, needing or moving weeds arount or below them.

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EP89202215A 1988-09-01 1989-08-31 Dispositif mobile pour le traitement de plantes telles que les produits de récolte et les arbres fruitiers Expired - Lifetime EP0357152B1 (fr)

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AT89202215T ATE69136T1 (de) 1988-09-01 1989-08-31 Bewegliche vorrichtung zum behandeln von pflanzen, zum beispiel erntegut und obstbaeume.

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NL8802163A NL8802163A (nl) 1988-09-01 1988-09-01 Verrijdbare inrichting voor het behandelen van planten zoals gewassen en fruitbomen, en werkwijze voor het gebruiken daarvan.
NL8802163 1988-09-01

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EP0520329A1 (fr) * 1991-06-24 1992-12-30 Bruno Veronesi Canon d'eau irrigateur
WO1995026622A1 (fr) * 1994-03-30 1995-10-12 Andreas Hilker Machine agricole pour cultures sur rang
WO2022220690A1 (fr) * 2021-04-12 2022-10-20 North Grow Lighting As Équipement d'éclairage mobile
CN118452192A (zh) * 2024-07-08 2024-08-09 金华市农业科学研究院(浙江省农业机械研究院) 一种可宽窄调节的乘坐式茶园除草机

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FR2420294A1 (fr) * 1978-03-22 1979-10-19 Dowler David Perfectionnements apportes aux instruments d'agriculture et notamment aux chassis porteurs d'appareils d'epandage, et aux moyens d'entrainement de ces derniers
FR2423122A1 (fr) * 1978-04-17 1979-11-16 Fourcade Andre Tracteur atomiseur enjambeur autonome
DE3112068A1 (de) * 1981-03-27 1982-10-07 Michael Dorfi Spritzgeraet fuer reihenkulturen
GB2142447A (en) * 1983-06-28 1985-01-16 Kubota Ltd Automatic steering of a work vehicle
FR2562378A1 (fr) * 1984-04-05 1985-10-11 Nodet Gougis Dispositif de regulation automatique de l'attitude d'un accessoire de machine agricole tel qu'une rampe de pulverisation
FR2606176A1 (fr) * 1986-11-05 1988-05-06 Iiriam Procede et dispositif d'autoguidage d'un vehicule entre des obstacles dresses, et vehicule muni de ce dispositif

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US3825087A (en) * 1973-08-24 1974-07-23 W Wilson Motorized agricultural type carrier
FR2420294A1 (fr) * 1978-03-22 1979-10-19 Dowler David Perfectionnements apportes aux instruments d'agriculture et notamment aux chassis porteurs d'appareils d'epandage, et aux moyens d'entrainement de ces derniers
FR2423122A1 (fr) * 1978-04-17 1979-11-16 Fourcade Andre Tracteur atomiseur enjambeur autonome
DE3112068A1 (de) * 1981-03-27 1982-10-07 Michael Dorfi Spritzgeraet fuer reihenkulturen
GB2142447A (en) * 1983-06-28 1985-01-16 Kubota Ltd Automatic steering of a work vehicle
FR2562378A1 (fr) * 1984-04-05 1985-10-11 Nodet Gougis Dispositif de regulation automatique de l'attitude d'un accessoire de machine agricole tel qu'une rampe de pulverisation
FR2606176A1 (fr) * 1986-11-05 1988-05-06 Iiriam Procede et dispositif d'autoguidage d'un vehicule entre des obstacles dresses, et vehicule muni de ce dispositif

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EP0520329A1 (fr) * 1991-06-24 1992-12-30 Bruno Veronesi Canon d'eau irrigateur
WO1995026622A1 (fr) * 1994-03-30 1995-10-12 Andreas Hilker Machine agricole pour cultures sur rang
WO2022220690A1 (fr) * 2021-04-12 2022-10-20 North Grow Lighting As Équipement d'éclairage mobile
CN118452192A (zh) * 2024-07-08 2024-08-09 金华市农业科学研究院(浙江省农业机械研究院) 一种可宽窄调节的乘坐式茶园除草机

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